[plug] VPN over 320U dongle

[Kevin Shackleton]

When I hear TLS problems I wonder if a component is still using a
deprecated version.  We have had that problem commercially.  Certainly
nothing should use TLS 1.0 any more.

Regards,
Kevin.

On Mon, 20 Apr 2020 at 08:46, Steve Baker <steve at iinet.net.au> wrote:

>
> I appreciate the tips Bill. The VPN works properly when I'm plugged into
> an ethernet cable, or wireless. The OpenVPN config, routing, and
> firewalls are all fine. It works.
>
> When disconnect from other networks and plug in the WWAN dongle (SW
> 320U), I can connect to the OpenVPN (it says it establishes the
> connection, IP and route are assigned) but no traffic will go over the
> VPN link.
>
> I found a post somewhere that says you have to disable tls-auth when
> using OpenVPN with this dongle. (Not sure if it's the dongle's fault or
> Telstra's fault). I haven't been able to test that, and in any case I
> won't be able to disable that for the connection to the office.
>
> Regards,
> Steve
>
>
> On 20/4/20 8:01 am, William Kenworthy wrote:
> > have you checked:
> >
> > 1. firewall has been configured for the vpn (probably not here but a
> > good firewall will usually block RFC private address ranges from the
> > Internet - not what you want in this case)
> >
> > 2. are the routing metrics correct?
> >
> > 3. you can ping the far end of the tunnel (IP)
> >
> > 4. is openvpn is running in the same configuration both ends (that is,
> > they are compatible configurations - can give rise to what you are
> > describing) - also check out openvpn's routing gotchas networks behind
> > the vpn.
> >
> > BillK
> >
> >
> > On 20/4/20 7:09 am, Steve Baker wrote:
> >>
> >> Unfortunately that's not it either. The OpenVPN server is in the
> >> 192.168 block, Telstra uses the 10.x block.
> >>
> >> My office VPN _is_ on the 10.x block, but I think it is a /24 netmask
> >> and different network address to the dongle IP address.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Steve
> >>
> >>
> >> On 19/4/20 11:16 pm, Ian Kent wrote:
> >>> On Tue, 2020-04-14 at 13:39 +0800, Steve Baker wrote:
> >>>> Hi all,
> >>>>
> >>>> Here is another VPN question. I am using OpenVPN on my laptop to
> >>>> connect
> >>>> to a couple of different target networks. When I am connected to
> >>>> ethernet or wireless, I have no issues. If I connect the laptop to
> >>>> the
> >>>> Telstra 4G Mobilenet WWAN using a Sierra Wireless 320U dongle, the
> >>>> OpenVPN says that it connects fine, but it refuses to carry any
> >>>> traffic.
> >>> Conflict in the OpenVPN server client address range perhaps ...?
> >>>
> >>> I remember that an old "3" phone network used 10. range within the
> >>> phone network. Might be worth checking what address gets assigned
> >>> against VPN assigned addresses on working connections against what
> >>> gets assigned on the WWAN connection.
> >>>
> >>> It might not even be obvious if the network uses a broad netmask.
> >>>
> >>>> If I hot-spot my phone, also on Telstra 4G, and connect the laptop
> >>>> via
> >>>> wireless, it all works fine.
> >>>>
> >>>> Apart from this issue, everything else seems to work. Web browsing
> >>>> (http/https) and emailing (POP/SSL, SMTP/TLS) have no issues. I
> >>>> haven't
> >>>> tried other applications as I usually use those over the VPN.
> >>>>
> >>>> Any ideas?
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>> Steve
> >>
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